Regional variation in the historical components of global avian species richness

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 340-351

  Thomas, Gavin H ^a,e   Orme, C David L ^b   Davies, Richard G ^c,f   Olson, Valerie A ^d   Bennett, Peter M ^d   Gaston, Kevin J ^c   Owens, Ian P F ^b,e   Blackburn, Tim M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Birds; Orogeny; Species richness; Taxonratios; Topography

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AVES;

EID: 42149116983     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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